In the erstwhile West Godavari district, nearly 20,000 acres of land is being taken out of Kolleru Lake as part of the shrinking of the lake | Photo Credit: Siddharth Suresh _12076@Vijayawada
West Godavari District Collector Chadalavada Nagarani, Joint Collector T. Rahul Kumar Reddy attended a meeting at Kolleru Lake in Bhimavaram on Wednesday. | Photo credit: BY ARRANGEMENT
West Godavari District Collector Chadalavada Nagarani on Wednesday announced that over 5,300 acres of land has been identified for exclusion from Kolleru Lake in West Godavari district.
In an online meeting presided over by Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad on Wednesday, Ms. Nagarani said that all the land earmarked for exclusion from Kolleru Lake falls in 10 villages of Akiveedu mandal in West Godavari district.
In the erstwhile West Godavari district, nearly 20,000 acres of land is being excluded from the Kolleru lake as part of the shrinking of the lake. The excluded land will be handed over to the local municipalities after the relevant land has been deregistered from the lake. West Godavari Joint Collector T. Rahul Kumar Reddy and other officials attended the meeting.
Published – 18 Feb 2026 21:02 IST